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Australian man charged with creating and selling the Imminent Monitor spyware

Security Affairs

An Australian national has been charged for the creation and sale of the Imminent Monitor (IM) spyware, which was also used for criminal purposes. The 24-year-old Australian national Jacob Wayne John Keen has been charged for his alleged role in the development and sale of spyware known as Imminent Monitor (IM).

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APT C-23 group targets Middle East with an enhanced Android spyware variant

Security Affairs

A threat actor, tracked as APT C-23, is using new powerful Android spyware in attacks aimed at targets in the Middle East. The APT C-23 cyberespionage group (also known as GnatSpy, FrozenCell, or VAMP) continues to target entities in the Middle East with enhanced Android spyware masqueraded as seemingly harmless app updates (i.e.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 467 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Security Affairs

Crooks manipulate GitHub’s search results to distribute malware BatBadBut flaw allowed an attacker to perform command injection on Windows Roku disclosed a new security breach impacting 576,000 accounts LastPass employee targeted via an audio deepfake call TA547 targets German organizations with Rhadamanthys malware CISA adds D-Link multiple (..)

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Will iPhone’s New “Lockdown Mode” Create Dangerous Overconfidence In Apple’s CyberSecurity Capabilities?

Joseph Steinberg

Apple last week announced new security features specifically intended to offer “specialized additional protection to users who may be at risk of highly targeted cyberattacks from private companies developing state-sponsored mercenary spyware.”. Even in Lockdown mode, for example, people can easily install apps that spy on them.

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Facebook took action against China-linked APT targeting Uyghur activists

Security Affairs

. “Today, we’re sharing actions we took against a group of hackers in China known in the security industry as Earth Empusa or Evil Eye — to disrupt their ability to use their infrastructure to abuse our platform, distribute malware and hack people’s accounts across the internet.” SecurityAffairs – hacking, Facebook).

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Gamblers’ data compromised after casino giant Strendus fails to set password

Security Affairs

In the Elasticsearch instance, researchers stumbled upon 16 indices named “hacked[_id]” that are likely Indicators of Compromise (IoC). Admins’ notes on users present in leaked logs may also help malicious actors build a profile and better target users through spearphishing or other social engineering attacks.

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White hat, black hat, grey hat hackers: What’s the difference?

Malwarebytes

Ethical hackers don’t break laws when hacking. Security careers related to ethical hacking are in-demand. While some do it for cyber-adventure, others hack into computers for spying, activism, or financial gain. Ethical hackers look for security flaws and vulnerabilities for the purpose of fixing them. Grey hat hackers.